A TIF for the Children’s Memorial Hospital? Bad Deal for Taxpayers

TIF Report founder and Editor-in-Chief Tom Tresser wrote an article for The Lincoln Central Association that appears in their Spring 2011 edition of “THE LCA Watchdog.”

This is especially relevant because the folks over at the Children’s Memorial Hospital along with outgoing Alderman Vi Daley are laying the groundwork for a TIF to benefit the new owners of the property. Read a report prepared by the planners here that lays out the entire development plan. Download Tom’s article as a PDF=TIFs-Bad_Deal


There is another plan afoot that would use this space for parkland and recreation – The Centennial Garden Project.